The introspection meeting of the BJP held on Thursday to decipher reasons for its miserable defeat in the recently held Karnataka Assembly polls saw a large number of defeated candidates blaming the poll guarantees offered by the Congress and the previous BJP government’s decision to decrease the quantum of rice provided to BPL families as the main reasons for the debacle.
The party held separate meetings of MLAs as well as defeated candidates besides that of the State core committee.
During the meeting of defeated candidates, most of the participants reportedly observed that the Congress’ guarantees went a long way in wooing the voters. Some of them also felt that the internal reservation for the Scheduled Castes did not go well with some of the SC communities.
